Determine if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available
This script will determine the SQL Server version and edition in order to find out if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available.
2013-09-25 (first published: 2013-09-10)
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Scripts
Universal foreach aka sp_uforeach
This script is a universal foreach stored procedure. You can loop through everything with the help of if.
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-10)
1,821 reads
Display Databases with X days without backup
Displays the information of the date of the latest backup that was done back to @daysago. When value is -0 it gives you all the backup information. The script also gives information on databases that never have been backed up.
2013-09-20 (first published: 2013-08-30)
1,588 reads
Primary Keys which are not Clustered Indexes in a database
Recently I was asked to find all the Primary keys that are not clustered Indexes in the database. I constructed the below script which will help us to locate the primary keys in the database which are not clustered index.
2013-09-18 (first published: 2013-09-04)
1,930 reads
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-06)
1,461 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
669 reads
2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
1,892 reads
Find Foriegn Keys and their details in a database
Use this script to find all the Foriegn Keys and their details in a database
2013-09-11 (first published: 2013-09-02)
1,428 reads
Restore multiple db's to new server with new file locations
Script queries backupset & backupmediafamily tables to get latest backup file, then generates script to restore db using backup file and moves files to new locations.
2013-09-10 (first published: 2013-08-28)
1,361 reads
Kill User Processes Per Database or Server Wide
Kill any user processes per database or for the entire server instance.
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-08-21)
1,527 reads
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers